#pare

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#american #american revolution #apparent #consequences #events

I was raised in the environment where it really wasn't about sittin' around dreaming all the time, it was about practicing and workin' really hard and if a dream ever came to you, you'd be prepared for that opportunity. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#around #be prepared #came #dream #dreaming

My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#been #dad #ethical #great #handsome

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#economy #improvements #method #prepare #today

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#brokers #build #care #clout #customer

Morality in the general is well enough known by men, but the particular refinements of virtue are unknown by most persons; thus the majority of parents, without knowing it and without intending it, give very bad examples to their children. ↗

— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

#example #morality #parenting #young #education

Our parents were musicians. ↗

— Caroline Corr

#our #parents #were

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not. ↗

— Emily VanCamp

#dad #good #i #i think #immediately

But my husband came from a small town and hardworking parents like I did, and I don't think we've lost that mind-set. We don't have a bowling alley in our basement. We don't have houses on the beach and one in New York and one in L.A. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#basement #beach #bowling #bowling alley #came

It's so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the child's viewing to a certain point. ↗

— Ruth Buzzi

#cares #certain #certain point #child #control